As it turns out, Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun drew a season-ending suspension for violating more than the Major League Baseball drug program.

A baseball source confirmed Tuesday that Braun's 65-game suspension also included a violation of the Basic Agreement, specifically Article XII (B), which states a player may be disciplined "for just cause for conduct that is materially detrimental or materially prejudicial to the best interests of baseball including, but not limited to, engaging in conduct in violation of federal, state or local law."

The Associated Press was the first to report that Braun was sanctioned for violating both the drug program and the Basic Agreement. As it worked out, he drew a 50-game suspension as a first-time offender in the drug program and 15 additional games for detrimental conduct, a suspension he agreed to accept without appeal because of overwhelming evidence in MLB's investigation of the Biogenesis clinic.

The detrimental conduct penalty, which was imposed by the commissioner's office, came as a result of things Braun said in a speech at the start of spring training in 2012 after winning an appeal of a positive drug test for elevated testosterone levels. In a strong and adament speech, Braun called the MLB drug program "fatally flawed" and pointed the finger at the collector of his urine sample for possible tampering when he took three days to ship it.

Braun did not mention the collector by name but it later was revealed that he was Dino Laurenzi Jr.

Braun's specific violation of the drug policy was not revealed. But an ESPN report said evidence in the Biogenesis investigation showed clinic operator Tony Bosch supplied Braun with a "PED regimen for high-end clients," presumably involving synthetic testosterone.

The AP report said the commissioner's office is trying to invoke Basic Agreement violations in negotiations with Alex Rodriguez, the other superstar player targeted in the investigation. Rodriguez and his representatives have indicated they would appeal any suspension levied for drug policy violations.

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